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Montgomery Co. schools hold off in-person learning until at least February 12/15/2020 03:32pm • Public school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, could return to classrooms on Feb. 1 if health metrics meet key benchmarks. The Montgomery County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to delay the start of in-person learning until the start of the second semester. The school board had National manager Davey Martinez will take coronavirus vaccine but won’t require players 12/15/2020 02:10pm • Nats manager will take COVID-19 vaccine but won’t require players originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNationals manager Davey Martinez will not require his players to take the coronavirus vaccine once it’s available, though the skipper plans to do so himself as soon as he’s With snow on the way, what are schools' plans? 12/15/2020 01:40pm • With so much learning moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, will school systems in the area still close when there's snow? Or will systems simply move — or continue — online learning when the weather gets rough? WTOP has asked D.C.-area school systems to share their plans. Many haven't f Top Md. school officials wants teachers to be '1st priority' for vaccine 12/15/2020 01:25pm • Maryland's top education official wants teachers to have first priority when it comes time to start providing coronavirus vaccine doses to essential workers. "The safety and education of our children demand immediate attention," Maryland Schools Superintendent Karen Salmon wrote to state health o Judge frees Maryland's longest serving female prisoner 12/15/2020 06:51am • BALTIMORE — A Baltimore circuit judge has granted the release of Maryland's longest serving female prison inmate, a woman who spent more than four decades behind bars. She contracted the coronavirus while in prison. The Baltimore Sun reports 61-year-old Eraina Pretty was resentenced to time 2 Baltimore hospitals get vaccine, 5 workers inoculated 12/15/2020 06:05am • BALTIMORE — Maryland’s first doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine have arrived at two Baltimore hospitals as health care workers at one of the facilities began to get inoculated. A shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived Monday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Two physici WETA airs 'Washington Voices: Songs of the Season' with a dozen of local groups 12/15/2020 12:40am • As COVID-19 cases spike nationwide, in-person holiday concerts are hard to come by. On Tuesday night, WETA airs "Washington Voices: Songs of the Season" at 9 p.m. "This holiday season, people are missing choruses and choirs rejoicing in song and uplifting music ... so we decided if you can Maryland examining wastewater for coronavirus 12/14/2020 10:41pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As coronavirus cases continue to rise across Maryland, the state is looking into testing wastewater as another way to help combat the pand Sen. Tim Kaine proposes measure to prevent suicide, burnout among health care workers 12/14/2020 10:23pm • Even before the pandemic, the rate of suicide among nurses and doctors was twice that of the general public. Now, due to the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, 50% report feeling burned out. As a result, one Virginia lawmaker is proposing a way to provide long-term help. "It's not easy to pro Virginia to send DC 8,000 extra COVID-19 vaccine doses for front-line workers 12/14/2020 08:34pm • Virginia is sending 8,000 additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to District hospitals as early as next week, D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said at a news conference Monday — more than the 6,825 vaccine doses the federal government has allotted for the nation's capital. The extra doses DC doctor who rolled up sleeve for one of first shots: Coronavirus vaccine 'a no-brainer' 12/14/2020 06:30pm • Five professionals at George Washington University in D.C. were among the first to roll up their sleeves Monday to get a shot during a livestream billed as "The National Ceremonial COVID-19 Vaccination Kickoff Event." A host of front line health care workers received the first COVID-19 vaccines Can Congress break impasse over coronavirus relief? 12/14/2020 05:57pm • Congress -- and millions of Americans -- are running out of time for emergency coronavirus relief to be approved by lawmakers. A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is trying to renew momentum for a $908 billion proposal, releasing legislation on Monday that some hope can still be a building block Keyontae Johnson following commands, was in reported medically-induced coma 12/14/2020 05:37pm • Keyontae Johnson following commands, was in reported coma originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonFlorida men's basketball player Keyontae Johnson remains in critical but stable condition after collapsing during a game over the weekend, the Florida Gators said in a statement. At one point, Johns 'Historic, unprecedented achievement': Fauci on vaccines and a return to normal 12/14/2020 04:44pm • With the first coronavirus vaccines being administered across the U.S., the nation’s leading infectious disease expert says we could see a return to something resembling normal life next year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the Nation FTC sees big jump in get-rich-quick schemes during coronavirus pandemic 12/14/2020 02:44pm • The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on scammers who've seen the coronavirus pandemic as a business opportunity. "Operation Income Illusion" is specifically designed to take action against would-be scammers who pitch get-rich-quick investment schemes, sometimes using fake job offers and